> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Discover TikTok posts by URL

> Use the Bright Data Scraper API to discover TikTok posts by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

## Query Parameters

<ParamField query="dataset_id" type="string" default="gd_lu702nij2f790tmv9h" required>
  The dataset ID used for this request.

  <Warning>
    Must be set to `gd_lu702nij2f790tmv9h` to collect **Discover by URL** data.
  </Warning>
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="type" type="string" default="discover_new">
  Must be set to `discover_new`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="discover_by" type="string" default="url">
  Must be set to `url`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="notify" type="boolean" default={false}>
  Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="include_errors" type="boolean" default={true}>
  Whether to include errors in the response.
</ParamField>

## Request Body

<ParamField body="input" type="object[]" required>
  An array of input objects.

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ParamField body="url" type="string" required>
      The TikTok discover URL to collect posts from.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>

  #### Example

  ```json wrap theme={null}
  {
    "input": [
      {"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"}
    ]
  }
  ```
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"input":[{"url":"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"}],"limit_per_input":null}' \
    "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lu702nij2f790tmv9h&notify=false&include_errors=true&type=discover_new&discover_by=url"
  ```

  ```python Python (requests) theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.post(
      "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
      params={
          "dataset_id": "gd_lu702nij2f790tmv9h",
          "notify": "false",
          "include_errors": "true",
          "type": "discover_new",
          "discover_by": "url",
      },
      headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
      json={
          "input": [{"url": "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking"}],
          "limit_per_input": None,
      },
  )

  print(response.text)
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js (fetch) theme={null}
  const params = new URLSearchParams({
    dataset_id: "gd_lu702nij2f790tmv9h",
    notify: "false",
    include_errors: "true",
    type: "discover_new",
    discover_by: "url",
  });

  const response = await fetch(`https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?${params}`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      input: [{ url: "https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cooking" }],
      limit_per_input: null,
    }),
  });

  console.log(await response.text());
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  [
    {
      "post_id": "7480000000000000000",
      "description": "5-minute meal prep ideas #cooking #mealprep",
      "create_time": "2025-03-05T12:00:00.000Z",
      "share_count": 8700,
      "collect_count": 15000,
      "comment_count": 2300,
      "play_count": 9800000,
      "video_duration": 55,
      "hashtags": [
        "#cooking",
        "#mealprep"
      ],
      "video_url": "https://v16-webapp-prime.tiktok.com/video/example.mp4",
      "profile_username": "quickmeals",
      "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@quickmeals",
      "is_verified": false
    }
  ]
  ```
</ResponseExample>